Straits : Magellan's journey through life
Fernández-Armesto, Felipe2022
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For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been celebrated as a hero: a noble adventurer who circumnavigated the globe in an extraordinary feat of human bravery; a paragon of daring and chivalry. Now, renowned historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto draws on extensive and meticulous research to conduct a dazzling investigation into Magellan's life, his character and his ill-fated voyage. He shows that Magellan did not attempt - much less accomplish - a journey around the globe, and that in his own lifetime, the explorer was abhorred as a traitor, reviled as a tyrant and dismissed as a failure. He probes the passions and tensions that drove Magellan to adventure and drew him to disaster: the pride that became arrogance, daring that became recklessness, determination that became ruthlessness, romanticism that became irresponsibility, and superficial piety that became, in adversity, irrational exaltation.
Main title:
Straits : Magellan's journey through life / Felipe Fernández-Armesto.
Author:
Fernández-Armesto, Felipe, authorDyer, Kris, narrator
Imprint:
Rearsby : Clipper Audiobooks, 2022.
Collation:
13 CDs (934 min.) : digital, stereo
Performers:
Narrated by Kris Dyer.
ISBN:
9781004092130 (CDs)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3183175